California governor Gavin Newsom signed laws on Friday that grants rideshare drivers within the state the appropriate to unionize. It is the second state to grant organizing rights to rideshare drivers, who’re unbiased contractors, following the passage of an analogous legislation in Massachusetts in 2024. There are over 800,000 rideshare drivers in California, and the invoice that was simply signed into legislation “establishes a transparent authorized framework for union certification, bargaining processes and enforcement,” in line with a press launch from the workplace of Assemblymember Buffy Wicks.
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